Olive tree Gentile

Olive tree Gentile:

Olive tree Gentile di Chieti: Vigorous tree with high shape. Medium size leaf, dark green color. Ovoid fruit, purple black color and medium caliber (3.5 gr) good oil yield. Good productivity. Optimal oil quality among the varieties resistant to cold.

Olive tree Gentile di Larino: Vigorous tree with pendular trend shape. Small-medium size leaf, dark-green color. Black color fruit at harvest, ellipsoidal, small caliber (2.2 gr). Variety of olive tree with good productivity but inconsistent, good oil yield.

OLIVE TREE (Olea europea L.)

Persistent foliage, narrow, gray-green color over silver background. Good resistance to drought and high winds but fears humidity. 6-8 meters height. 5m diameter. Rounded shape. Slow growth. Resists temperatures arround -6 ° -8ºC. The main varieties described, obtained by grafting or self-rooted olive, grown in pots off the ground are predisposed for plantation frame of 6 x 3 or 6x6.